Heated tent to be erected for smokers at Presidential Independence Day Reception

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The new law on smoking introduced in June of this year will also have an impact on the traditional Independence Day Reception hosted by the President of the Republic Tarja Halonen on December 6th.
      Smoking is now banned everywhere in the Presidential Palace. Instead, those wishing to have a smoke will be directed outdoors to do so.
     
The guests will not, however, be obliged to shiver under an open sky in their ballgowns and evening dress while slipping out for a cigarette.
      Instead, a heated marquee is to be erected on the Ministry of Trade and Industry courtyard, where the smokers will be ushered through the Mariankatu entrance to the Palace.
      In previous years smoking has been allowed in the Atrium of the Palace.


Links:
  The Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

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